Improvement in toy spring-guns



M. FIERRANT.

Toy vSpring-Guns.

n No. 133,930. Patented Dec.17,1,872.

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l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN FERRANT, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

' IMPROVEMENT IN TOY SPRING-GUNS.

'Specification formin g part of Letters Patent No. 133,930, dated December 17, 1872.

:To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, MARTIN FEREANT, of the city of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented a certain Improvement in 'loy Mitrailleuses or Repeating-Guns for Ohildren,'of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to construct and manufacture toy mitrailleuses or repeating toy guns for children, which will shoot small bullets, pease, beans, &c.,out of the barrels with great rapidity, said toy guns being simple and cheap to manufacture and not liable to get out of order.

In order to describe my invention more fully,

` `I will refer to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

Figure I is a side view of my invention.

.Y Fig. II'is a plan sectional view cut through Y line a; z; Eig. I.

A is a frame, constructed of Wood or iron, or partially 'of' wood or iron, but by preference l made of cast-iron, to which the upper cover B Y, is castin one` piece.

C C are Vtwo legs, on which thev frame A rests. D is a connecting- Y rod, which supports `said legs. To the end piece E are fastened two projectors or axles, a

a, to which the wheels E and F are applied, One, two,

or more gun-barrels, Gr and H, are introduced into the end piece E. The openings for loadf ing the same barrels with the small bullets or imitations thereof are inside the piece E, and the holes b b made through this piece serve as reservoirs for said bullets. Piston-rods I and 'resting in holes c c in the front piece K of the frame A. Said rods are attened in the centers d d, and pins e e are introduced in the sides of the same. An axle, L, is placed above said rods and pins e e, in which axle two other pins, ff, are introduced at opposite angles. A crank, M, and handle N give motion to this axle. Two spiral springs, g g, are placed around the'end of the rods I and J, resting` against the washers h h and the dat pieces d d, and serve to give the rods a forward, quick movement, when the pins on the axle and on the rods release each other.

The operation is simply this: Place some half a dozen pease, for instance, in each hole b b, turn the crank M, and a continuous discharg'e of bullets will take place from the gunbarrels G and H..

Having thus fully described my invention, I desire to claim- A toy mitrailleuse constructed of the frame A with thelegs O O, connecting-rod D, axles a a, and wheels E and F, in combination with the gun-barrels G and H, piece E, holes b b, piston-rods I andJ, holes c c, front piece K, pins e e, axle L, pins ff, crank M, and spiral springg g, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth. A

MARTIN FERRAN T.

Witnesses: p

FRANKLIN BAERITT, RICHARD GERNER. 

